GE Power and Marinus energy announced Atuabo power project in Ghana

GE Power and Marinus Energy asserted a pilot project to capture Isopentane gas and use it as a fuel source for producing electricity.  The Atuabo Waste to Power Independent Power Project (“Atuabo”) will be the first TM2500 power plant in Sub-Saharan Africa to use Isopentane gas as a fuel source and will run on GE’s latest TM2500 gas turbines.

Mr. Fred Asamany, Strategic Advisor of Marinus Energy said “Not only is the Atuabo waste to power plant enabling our company to lead in innovative energy solutions in Ghana, but by using a fuel source which would otherwise have been flared as waste, we are further reducing emissions and costs.”

Atuabo will convert the Isopentane fuel into up to 25 megawatts (MW) of power, generating enough electricity to supply power for more than 100,000 Ghanaian households. As additional gas is brought onshore, the plant is expected to add on additional gas generating units up to a capacity of 100 MW. Additional Isopentane fuel will eventually be stripped off an offshore gas supply and processed at Atuabo by the Ghana National Gas Company.

GE released several announcements reinforcing its commitments to strengthening the power sector in Ghana. The 400MW Bridge power project will be the first LPG fired power plant in Africa and the largest LPG fired power plant in the world, while the 200MW Amandi power plant will be one of the most efficient power plants in the country and will generate the equivalent power needed to supply more than one million Ghanaian homes. In addition, GE will set up an M&D (Monitoring and Diagnostics) center in Ivory Coast.